Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Any Luster Left for Precious Metals?
By Ed McCarthy, CFP, RICPUnderstanding the world's different metals and their dynamics in the global economy is key to maximizing their value in portfolios, say experts at ETF Securities.
May 15, 2013
The seminar antidoteAdvisor Sean Lee hasnt done a seminar in six years and his practice has never been more fruitful.
May 13, 2013
REIT Returns Are on a Roll, but Some ETFs LagETFs that track REITs are doing well but aren't keeping pace with the markets as consistently as REIT indexes.
May 10, 2013
Most Canadians plan to invest onlineMore than 80 percent of Canadians ages 18 and 34 expect to purchase, sell, manage and monitor their investments online by 2018.
May 10, 2013
If hedge funders are so smart, why are they so relentlessly wrong?Maybe fund managers are too distracted by bashing the Fed over golf at the country club.
May 09, 2013
9 Philanthropists Join Buffett-Gates Giving Pledge InitiativeNine more ultrawealthy families, including two from outside the U.S., have pledged half their wealth to charity.